What projects use After Effects?
- After Effects is software that is used for the post-production process of filmmaking and television production.
- It can create, composite, and stylize 2D footage layers in 3D space. It serves a different role depending on the users needs. For example, an indie VFX artist might only use it for compositing 3D rendered footage. A video editor might use After Effects more for title design, and an animator might use it for creating 2D cartoon characters. The reason why so many people have trouble defining what After Effects does is simply due to the fact that it does so many things — and does them well.
- Primarily a 2D software, but now supports real 3D
- After Effects is used for:
- Effect Library - There are literally hundreds of built-in effects that can be combined to create an unlimited number of creative possibilities and a ton of online support.
- Simulation effects - can be used to create anything from rain to hair.
- Below is an example of the CC Snowfall effect:
- Stylize effects
- Useful for giving your videos and layers styles similar to Photoshop
- Transitions
- Professional ways to change scenes or image to image
Linear wipe ex:
- Title Design
- Effects can be applied to text:
- Compositing
- A compositing software is simply a software that can be used to bring multiple assets together to create a finished scene. For example, a single VFX shot may require that a green screen plate, a background, some explosion elements, dust, and smoke all be composited into a single scene.
- 3D Camera Tracker effect
- Blurs
- Color Correction
- Camera perspectives
- Scripts
- Automate a process that would normally take longer.
- Plugins
- There are hundreds of other additional effects that can be installed to take the functionality of After Effects even further.
- These plugins are essentially miniature applications developed by third-party companies that can be installed and used inside of After Effects like Cinema 4D.
- Templates
- Video editors on a deadline might not have the time or expertise necessary to create the designs they want or need. Instead, motion designers from around the world have set up After Effects project files in such a way that users can simply drag and drop their footage to get amazing results.